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#12BooksOf2022
My favorite book in October was this one, written by the Nobel Prize winner. It‘s the story of boy looking for his place in the world. An emotional read for #ReadingAfrica2022.
Andrew65 Sounds a good read. 1y
#12BooksOf2022
My favorite book in October was this one, written by the Nobel Prize winner. It‘s the story of boy looking for his place in the world. An emotional read for #ReadingAfrica2022.
pickA beautiful, devastating read that explores themes of the post colonial immigrant experience in England, power and politics, family dynamics, memory and loss. Gurnah is a gifted writer and the narration on Audible elevated the experience.
pickOn the day the Noble prize winner is announced I finally read a book by last year‘s winner.
And I enjoyed it a lot. Not very much happens, when I think of it, yet I couldn‘t stop reading when I had to. Gurnah is a gifted writer. This is the story of a boy who can‘t find his luck in #Zanzibar and moves to London where he doesn‘t fit in either. “Some people have a use in the world and some people don‘t.” A sad conclusion.
#ReadingAfrica2022 🇹🇿
#WeeklyForecast 35/22
I am in the middle of Case Study, which I am enjoying a lot (and I LOVE the cover 💙). Next will be the tagged one for #ReadingAfrica2022. I have been meaning to read this since the author won the Noble Prize, so it‘s about time. The thriller is for during an extremely long flight to South Korea on Friday. I hope it is good and will make me escape for some hours!
Congratulations to Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the '21 Nobel Prize for Literature! Gurnah is the first Black author to win the Nobel in 28 years!! Tanzanian author Gurnah writes in English, so you don't have to wait for his books to be translated. Here is an article containing a brief synopsis of six novels. I look forward to exploring this author's works:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/books/abdulrazak-gurnah-books.html?smid=tw-sh...
pickWhat an excellent book about what it‘s like to be human. What humans do to and for each other. How things are not always how they seem and sometimes are. It makes me cry for yet another beloved African country. Alas, the corruption of power and the fruits of imperialism. 💔
Been a while since I had a backyard tea and reading session. Good to be back at it. #Teading #BooksAndTea
1. One of my grandfather's paintings, an AJ Casson print that my husband bought on a whim on our wedding day, a Red Ensign flag, antique snowshoes.
2. 50 books, read more diverse stories and authors, read more outside of my Can/US/UK women comfort zone.
3. Reading glasses 🤓
4. Starry night sky over the mountains.
5. One of my #LitsyPassport picks. Country: Tanzania
#HumpDayPost @MinDea
panI was so close to bailing on this one but I managed to push through. It didn't work for me at all. The writing is so distant and so much is merely reported by the narrater that I felt no connection to story or characters. For a first-person narrative to convey so little of the narrator's feelings or character (let alone the other characters!) was truly bizarre.
